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Creative French Getaways

Small group creative holidays across France. Wine tastings, local markets, cooking classes, historical sites, painting workshops, textiles and more.

18/10/2019

Busy day ahead ... a really great place to catch up with old friends, new artists and some amazing talent !!

06/10/2019

Congratulations Anthony Giles for the successful opening of your new exhibition at Lovelys Gallery in Margate ! Stunning artwork - I don’t know how you manage to capture all that light and energy on a canvas but you do it so well !!

01/09/2019

Brilliant and informative wine taste and tour at the rather imposing looking Chateau Chambert bio dynamique vineyard - Very friendly staff though !! We were taken through Chardonnay, Rose and then the big big Cahors reds, they must be 70% Malbec to be labelled Cahors, some are 100% so you can only imagine they cellar for years !

01/09/2019

Very interesting tour of the local goat farm where they produce the famed Rocamadour cheese - which is a small, creamy soft flavoured round cheese, very often served in a salad complete with fresh green leaves, walnuts and local honey.
The female Saanen goat must produce the milk to give it its distinctive taste. They are fed luzerne grass in the evening which is full of protein (which you can see them eating here) They are milked twice a day and this small farm makes around 1000 cheeses a week. Once the curd is made, the moulds are filled and turned for 6 days to mature. We tried some just a few days old and it was so delicious we took some to have for our picnic - all washed down with a local Cahors red of course !!

01/09/2019

Beautiful full moon on the night we arrived back in the Lot Valley - in the morning we visited the rather overwhelming market at Prayssac church square...so many fresh vegetables, garlic, olives, fish, cheese, foie gras, meats, speciality sausage ...we came away with heaving baskets full to the brim with handmade locally produced products, lemon pasta, duck rillettes, walnut oil, purple garlic, foie gras....Heaven !!!

05/08/2019

So - here’s the bird all ready for the oven !!! 8 hours to paint with 3 coats - it was quite fiddly to do but sitting chatting to Mary has been lovely - very relaxing and creative !!!

04/08/2019

Back again to beautiful Cordes sur Ciel - such an intense variety of artisan shops, all completely unique, there’s nothing that’s mass produced here....Glass, ceramic, paintings and sculpture, leather, handmade clothes and jewellery, foie gras....a joy to spend the morning looking around again !!!

25/07/2019

Wonderful morning spent under the tuition of Mary Gould in her ceramic workshop here in Lassere - my first clay piece now ready to be fired then painted, glazed and fired again !
Mary is a first class teacher , as she explained - her skill is being able to get 18 students to make something they feel proud of after just a day in the workshop !!
I was pretty chuffed with my peacock !!!

25/07/2019

I was invited by my neighbors to attend an evening at a vineyard tonight - to enjoy a quiz followed by a picnic dinner - everybody brings something to share - all washed down with some beautiful wines . Everyone was so friendly and generous, summer here is just fabulous !! Thank you Domaine Le Fort !!

18/07/2019

Delightful day yesterday exploring the beautiful Lot Valley in the wine growing area of Cahors.
I wanted to see the view from a chateau perched high over the countryside - as it turned out they also have a Michelin star restaurant so I had a beautiful lunch and afterwards a private tour of the accomodation and the wine cellar. Even got to go into the highest turret to take in the view !!!

16/07/2019

Sunday Antique Brocante at Limoux- Where you can pick up a bargain if you look hard- mind you, they seem to be more expensive during peak tourist times.....just saying.....

16/07/2019

Just so that everyone knows - Le Tour de France is coming through Limoux !!!

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